I suppose I will go ahead and make this an annual event. I want some haikus from y’all. You might remember last year…I had to wrangle them out of you with sundry forms of archaic torture. Hopefully this year there will be no need for rending. I’ll even give out some sort of prize, though I do not know what that prize will be.
Last year there was only one rule, seventeen syllables, but even that got broken to good use. This year the rules are pretty standard, really. 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, 5 in the third. It does not have to be about nature or a season.
I guess technically they won’t be haikus, but will be haiku in form. Submit through the comments, or at aharvey@organicmechanic.org
Our new pup Celeste
messed on the kitchen floor
I should go clean it
i thought love was forever
i guess not for you
my heart was shattered
the scars are still there
remind me of what i did
they never forget
asks the breadstick bitch
would you like more bread tonite?
leave the whole basket.
haikus can be fun!!! this is my last one. i swear!!!
i run into things
walls, doors, tables, chairs, people
i dont fall down though
scorching Texas sun
energy-sapping blanket
Christ, I need a beer
My faith in Duct tape
what a highschooler needs
on a single roll
Nine O’clock to walk
I’m here till the other nine
while nine is my word
Walk with the Prophets
to the Celestial Temple
among the heavens.
These are more senryuu than strict haiku, wouldn’t you say?
Saint Anger CD
Metallica’s newest
Neu Metal garbage
A bird on a wire
singing so beautifully
shitting on my car
Chalky blue heavens
A good day for an airstrike
The pinstriped hawks swoop
Eat. Drink. Sleep. Work. Play.
Celebrate a simple life
Honorary Hobbit.
children with weapons
the one who is the general
sure to lose his eyes
(I swear the second line only has seven syllabels because I’m from Oregon so I pronounce General “gen-ral.”
Here’s a set:
silly little birds
sun won’t be up for hours
why are you singing?
damn idiot birds
I’m trying to go to sleep
fucking stop your noise